Although this is a 3% drop year-over-year, it's important to note that 2014's Q3 numbers were at a record high of 179.5 tonnes. (So another way of looking at it is that 2015 almost equaled the record amount.)

Using the WGC's data, we put together a list of the biggest gold hoarders out there. Check them out below.

10. India

Reuters/Jayanta Dey

Official gold holdings: 557.7 tonnes

Percent of foreign reserves in gold:5.6%

India and China are the world's largest gold consumers. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that he wanted to "tap the stockpiles of the precious metal to trim physical demand and reduce imports by providing people with alternative avenues for investment," according to Bloomberg.

9. Netherlands

Reuters/Thomas Peter

Official gold holdings: 612.5 tonnes

Percent of foreign reserves in gold:55.8%

In late 2014, the Dutch central bank announced that it was repatriating a chunk of its gold reserves from the US, hoping the measure would have "a positive effect on public confidence," according to The Wall Street Journal.